Thursday, September 18, 2008
Recovery Plateau
Movement for 9/18/08:
- Today began much the same as yesterday, except that it started later: Walking to the bathroom; being wheeled to the dinette; transferring to a dinette chair. Some painful twinging on transferring. A reluctance to stand because the arm effort it takes to stand hurts her left shoulder. Leaning to the right in order to compensate for left shoulder pain; her right side being her weak side, constantly iffy right knee. To alleviate yet another painful twinge, I suggested that when she move into the living room after breakfast, we leave her in the wheelchair, as we did, last night. She agreed. I'm noticing, now, though, as she's taking her 2nd breathing treatment in preparation for her nap, that the arms on the wheelchair are a bit too high and create yet another problem for her left shoulder. So, I just discussed with her the possibility of transferring to the rocker this evening instead of doing a full wheelchair evening, again. She agreed. I told her I understand that transferring causes some temporary and sometimes sharp pain, but it looks as though the wheelchair is causing long-term discomfort. She agreed with this as well. So, we'll try transfers, tonight. As yesterday, I'm keeping her "hopped up" on acetaminophen, as much as I dare and as much as she'll take. More later.
- She walked to the bathroom after her nap. After this, it was wheeling all the way. She did transfer to the rocker for the evening. Transfers remain momentarily painful, but she's stalwart. By the time she goes down for the night she is very tired.
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